City Living
What the Hell Is Up With All These Water Main Breaks in Philadelphia?
Just in time for Christmas, Philadelphia has suffered yet another water main break, this one causing major flooding and school closures. It seems like every […]
UPDATE: Water Main Break Disrupts Traffic, Closes Schools
Update: 11:41 am Philly.com reports: “A number of Philadelphia schools were closing at 11:30 a.m. due to the water main break, the school district said. […]
Reddit Has Some Etiquette Tips for SEPTA
Here are a select few SEPTA etiquette tips from the good people of Reddit.
Philly 109th on “Best-Performing Cities” Report
The Milken Institute has released its annual list of ‘best performing cities.’ Here’s how they came up with the ranking, per Richard Florida of the […]
The Original Charles Peruto Has Died
A. Charles Peruto Sr.—a legendary Philadelphia lawyer who was father to Chuck Jr., the flamboyant attorney—has died.
Confessions of a Gentrifier
A few months ago, toward the end of the summer, I was walking my dog near my house in East Kensington when my neighbor Franky […]
Philly Was the First City in America to Have Squirrels
Philadelphia, squirrel pioneer. A paper by Penn’s Etienne Benson investigates the proliferation of squirrels in American cities, and finds that they are in no way indigenous […]
Some People Think We Have No Obligations to the Homeless. Here’s Why Those People are Wrong
There was a beautifully written piece published in The New York Times on December 9th that painted a very poignant, solemn, and frustrating picture of […]
Cheer Up, Philly: At Least Your Commutes Are Relatively Short
The Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities has unveiled a new chart showing that Philadelphia’s commute times are relatively short compared to other major […]
Is it Wrong to Pay Alcoholics With Beer?
The story was so startling that I thought it had to be a parody — even though it was on the front page of the […]
Schuylkill Expressway to Be Slightly Less Lethal Come Christmas
Rock-climbing has always seemed hairy to me. But rock-climbing while cars and buses and 18-wheelers zoom by beneath your boots seems really hairy, which is […]
21 Things Buzzfeed Says Philadelphians Are Afraid Of
Let me share this here, before you all inevitably do so on your Facebook walls. BuzzFeed has created a list of the “21 Things You’re […]
Running of the Santas Turned Fatal This Weekend
A Running-of-the-Santas fatality occurred this weekend. Herr, 24, of Lebanon, Pa., was in Philadelphia for the annual Running of the Santas on Saturday when somehow, […]
